Bottom Line:

Commissioners will consider a request to allow vehicles to park in yards north of Ninth Street for Kansas University football games at Memorial Stadium.

Angie Blair is asking commissioners to adjust the city’s parking rules to permit such activities. She’s been parking vehicles on a lot at the northeast corner of Eighth and Mississippi streets for five years, but she reports that Lawrence police recently have been “threatening to ticket each car.”

“The KU football games have had sold-out crowds of late and the parking available is not adequate for the number of people that attend the games,” Blair wrote, in her request for consideration.

Commissioners are scheduled to discuss the issue and provide instructions for city staffers to proceed, if appropriate.

Background:

Off-street parking is permitted in the city, provided the vehicles are parking on a driveway or another so-called “improved” surface. Exceptions are allowed for no longer than 24-hour periods, and only then if approved ahead of time by commissioners or the city manager.

In 1998, then-City Manager Mike Wildgen signed off on a city policy that allows exceptions in the Oread neighborhood, defined as the area bordered by West Campus Road and Ninth, Tennessee and 14th streets.

The policy — which codified directions issued by commissioners in 1992 — allows parking in yards for up to 24 hours on days when KU has a home football game.

City commissioners and city staff will meet at 4:30 p.m. with representatives from the Kansas Department of Transportation concerning area transportation projects. The regular meeting will begin about 6:35 p.m.

Proclamation

• Proclaim October as Meet the Blind Month and Oct. 15 as White Cane Safety Day.

Consent agenda

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: Planning Commission meetings of Aug. 24 and 26; Hospital Board meeting of Aug. 19.

• Approve all claims.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the Department of

Administrative Services.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Award bid for four backstops and foul line fencing at the Youth Sports Complex for the Parks and Recreation Department to Ameri Fence for $22,565.

b) Award bid for cab and chassis for CSI vehicle for the Police Department to Laird Noller Automotive for $36,835, to be paid fully with grant funds.

• Adopt these ordinances on second and final reading:

a) Ordinance No. 8460, amending the 2006 International Residential Code and 2006 International Plumbing Code to allow the use of CPVC piping in potable water supply systems.

b) Ordinance No. 8461, adopting the 2008 National Electrical Code to become effective Jan. 1, 2010.

c) Ordinance No. 8453, for Text Amendment TA-4-4-09, to various sections of the city of Lawrence Land Development Code to address implementation issues regarding parking standards.

d) Ordinance No. 8455, for Text Amendment TA-6-15-09, to Article 10 of the city of Lawrence Land Development Code to amend standards for landscape plans.

• Adopt Resolution No. 6865, authorizing the filing of applications with the Federal Transit Administration for Federal Transportation Assistance for the Transit System.

• Defer second reading of Ordinance No. 8387 for the Rezoning (Z-2-2-09) of 1725 N.H. from RM24 (Multi-Dwelling Residential) to CS (Commercial Strip), until such time as the contract purchaser commits to close on the purchase of the property, or March 15, 2010, whichever is sooner.

• Approve Text Amendments TA-6-10-09 and TA-6-11-09, to various sections of the city’s Land Development Code to permit non-ground floor dwellings and work/live units in various zoning districts and for revisions to the standards for multi-dwelling structures in various zoning districts. Adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 8454, amending the code.

• Approve Text Amendment TA-7-18-09, to various sections of the city’s Land Development Code to (1) exempt certain projects in the CD, Downtown Commercial District, from site planning requirements, and (2) revise certain requirements in Article 13 Development Review Procedures related to Major, Standard, and Minor Development Projects. Adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 8454, amending the code.

• Approve a request by BG Consultants, on behalf of a developer, Fairway LC, for a variance from city code 19-302(1)(B) to allow the installation of master water meters for townhouse buildings of fewer than 13 units, at 4300 W. 24th Place (Casitas).

• Approve a substantial amendment to the 2009 Consolidated Plan Investment Summary for Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St., for shelter improvements — bathroom upgrade, sprinkler system installation — in the amount of $24,950 from 2009 Contingency funds.

• Approve an update to the 2008 CDBG-R substantial amendment to the 2008 Consolidated Plan Investment Summary for Lawrence Community Shelter, 2176 E. 23rd — property acquisition for emergency shelter site — $78,789.

• Authorize the mayor to sign a release of mortgage for Syed and Theresa Bari, 2524 Overlook Circle and Edna Abram, 944 Rockledge Road.

• Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Receive H1N1 update from Dan Partridge of the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department.

• Receive request from the Sister Cities Advisory Board to declare Iniades, Greece, and Lawrence as sister cities.

• Consider approving Rezoning Z-7-11-09, to rezone about 10.97 acres, at 4300 W. 24th Place, which is at the southeast corner of Inverness Drive and Clinton Parkway, from RSO (Single-Dwelling Residential Office) to RM15 (Multi-Dwelling Residential). Submitted by BG Consultants Inc. for Inverness Park LP, property owner of record.

• Receive request from Angie Blair to amend the current policy regarding parking on unimproved surfaces at 746 Miss. during Kansas football games.

• Receive staff briefing on status of review of Parks and Recreation facility needs.

• Consider authorizing the city manager to implement a 2010 contribution increase waiver for employees with dependent health care coverage and a tobacco cessation program.

• Receive report from the city auditor regarding Solid Waste Performance Audit scope.